... analysis econometric models optimal quantile Kolmogorov Smirnov test One of the main criticisms of the DEA models introduced by Charnes et al. (1978) and Banker et al. (1984) is the inability to allow measurement error. Unlike the DEA models, the alternative stochastic...

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